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Peggy F. Drexler Ph.D.

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When Mothers Leave Home

By Peggy F. Drexler Ph.D. ● Commentary ● March 26, 2003

As America begins a full-scale war, thousands of active-duty soldiers and reservists are streaming onto foreign battlefields–and a record number of those combatants are not just women, but mothers.

Mothers of Suicide Bombers May Only Defer Grief

By Peggy F. Drexler Ph.D. ● Commentary ● January 8, 2003

Mothers of suicide bombers who hail their sons as martyrs may appear to be monsters. But after news of the attacks dies down, these women grieve like any mothers of dead children. Also, 10 women gain foothold in Kenya’s government.